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Digital tokens issued in exchange for services rather than money can still constitute a sale of securities, according to recent findings by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Tomahawk Exploration. The case represents a new application of a principle previously applied in at least three 1999 cases involving "free" securities, say Daniel Nathan and Angelo Aratan of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.